Okay, so I’ve been attending University for 3 years. I switched majors from Psychology to Corporate Finance, and I am thinking of making Accounting my major. I’m not even in my core classes yet, and I am still in the process of prerequisites.
Now, how is the job market for a Corporate Finance or Accounting major? If it helps, my school, (The University of Akron) undergrad business program was ranked as one of the best in the nation by Business Week, US News and World Report.
I’m concerned about my GPA however. Even though I’m not in my core classes, and still doing prerequisites, I have a 2.591. I’m trying to turn it around, and there are lots of organizations I can join and lots of career fairs, but the pressure is on now and I feel like if I get anything below a 3.0, then I won’t find a job.
You should be worried. By your third year you should have a focus/direction and you should be through most of your prerequisites (assuming you want to graduate in 4 years). And your GPA will hurt you in the job search. I’d make an appointment at career services at your school very soon and have a very serious talk with a counselor there.
Uhmm okay. Let me address this better. I changed my major, so naturally I am 2 semesters behind in my current major. I won’t graduate in four years, and that is known. After this semester, all my prerequisites will be completed And I should be admitted after this semester. I’ve had serious talk after serious talk so I know what I need to do here.
I am an Advisement Coordinator in the School of Business at an AACSB institution with a Professional Accounting major. We place many of our grads in the big 4 accounting firms as well as at large regional firms. I can tell you that your GPA is low. And given that you are still only taking lower level core and pre-requisite courses, I would have a concern.
The big accounting firms, financial firms and banks are looking for students with above 3.0 GPA’s.
You have a shot, but the question is why you think you can bring it up. If you are struggling with lower level courses, then it is assumed you will continue to struggle as the courses become more intensive. If you are struggling because of a circumstance that can be changed, then you have a shot. I don’t think it would be a huge improvement though - 3 years of low grades will be hard to offset in another year or two. My school used to have a calculator to figure out how many credits and what grades would raise your gpa to a certain level. You can also calculate it yourself to get a more realistic idea of what you can achieve by the time you graduate.